Water-strip equipment for french windows



Jan. 20, 1931. E. D. BARRINGER WATER STRIP EQUIPMENT FOR FRENCH WINDOWS Filed June l0.' 1929 7 We my V. a a E ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 20, 1931 ELMER n. BARR-INGER, orcLnvnLANn, OHIO WATER-STRIP EQUIPMENT non FRENCH wmnows Application filed June 10,

This invention concerns equipment for F'rerrchwindows and the like and has for its primary object the provision of a casement bottom trough or channel member of special construction for preventing entry, into a house or other enclosure, of water, wind, soot, rain, snow, hail, and the like-,due to inclement weather, between the casement bottom and the sash bottom.

The solution of this problem has been attempted numerous times in. the past as by disposing a channel'or trough member between the bottoms of the easement and sash, the lll'ei'fl'bl being provided with one or more weep holes providing direct communication between the trough andthe outside. The obj ection to this arrangement is that wind, rain,

and the like, during inclement weather, goes directly into 'thetrough and seeps between the innermost bottom portions of the casement and sash, into the interior of the house.

It has been attempted to obviate this objectionable feature by inserting a shield between the trough member and the easement bottom and disposed in front of each weep hole to prevent the wind and rain from be ing drivendirectly into the trough while permitting outflow through the weep hole. This in itself is objectionable since it involves an increase in the number of parts and is easily detached, thereby rendering the trough member subject to the above noted objections.

By my invention I solve the above problem by providing a double channeled bar having substantially vertical side flanges and a web disposed between the topsand bottoms of these fl'z-inges. The outer flange bottom is provided with weep holes and the web is able matter to gain access to the upper side of the web, it must follow a circuitous route. It is understood that by the time such objec-L tionable matter has reached the web weep holes, its energy of flow has been practically spent. 4, e a

. of the web through the flange weep hole.

1929. Serial No. 869,638.

provision of means in addition to the above for further minimizing the possibility of objectionable matter reaching the upper side Of course there is no objection in water and the like reaching this upper side of the web so, long as it is kept from passing therefrom up between the top of the inner flange and the bottom of the sash to thereby-enter the house.

But with the above mentioned construction, should any water, wind,zand the like, reachsaid side of the web, its energy of motion will have been spent to such an extent that there will be no tendency on its part toi'move on further to enter into the house.

As a still further check on the entry of objectionable matter, I provide the outer flange with an inwardly extending lip which.

is adapted to interlock with a strip fastened to the bottom sash of a window which hinged to the side of the easement. However, should any wind, rain, and the like enter T the upper channel of the trough member from between said lipand strip, its energy of motion, will have been spent and it will escape through theweep hole'sin the web and flange bottom.

lVith these and other objects and advan tages, the invention comprises other novel constructions, arrangements, and combinationsof parts as will be subsequently specified and "claimed. H

For afull and more complete understand-- ing of the invention, reference may behad to the following description and accompany inq drawings, in which I IFigure 1 is a perspective sectional View of vmy invention applied to a casement or sill with-a French window in closed position. Figure 2 shows an end view of the illustration of Figure 1, with the window swung into open position. i

Figure 3 is a plan sectional view taken along theline in Figure 2, with the front flange partially broken away. r I Figured is an enlarged sectional perspective view of my invention.

Throughout the various figures of the drawings and; following description, like, ref" ion V erence characters denote corresponding parts.

The casement l is that of a French window, the window sash being indicated at 2, hinged to the casement at 3. The bottom 4 of the sash is spaced from the lower portion 5 of the easement. Secured to the portion 5 as by screws or the like 6, is a. double channel or trough member 7. This trough member comprises outer and inner substantially vertical flanges 8 and 9 separated by a web 10 intermediate the tops and bottoms of said flanges. The web 10 inclines downwardly from the inner flange to the outer flange and is provided near the outer flange with a plurality of longitudinally spaced weep holes 11. The outer flange 8 has at its upper end an inwardly extending lip 12 which overhangs the weep holes 11. The web 10 is provided intermediate the flanges 8 and 9 with a downwardly extending rib 13 whose bottom is substantially at the same level with the bottom of flange 8. The weep holes 11 are disposed between flange 8 and rib 13. The bottom of the flange 8 has a plurality of'weep holes let which are disposed in staggered relation to the weep holes 11. Secured to the forward bottom corner of the portion 4 of the sash, is a hook strip 15 which is adapted to interlock with the lip 12 as clearly shown in Figure 1. Disposed beneath the bottoms of the flange 8 and rib 13 is a strip 16 which is tightly clamped in place by the screws 6. The flange 9 extends downwardly beyond the bottoms of rib 13 and flange 8 and is provided with a pronged or other sharp edged member 17 to tightly grip the easement bar 5. The upper surface of the lip 12 is upwardly inclined from the outside as clearly indicated in Figure 4. This provides for a snug fit between lip 12 and hook 15.

The upper bar of the easement is provided with a hook strip 18 which interlocks With a corresponding hook strip 19 provided on the upper bar of the sash 2, and the vertical bar, to which the hinge for the French window is secured. is provided with a vertical rib strip 20 which is adapted to interlock with the corresponding vertical portion of the sash V 2. The rib 21 of said strip fits into groove 22 in said vertical portion of the sash.

Directly above the hook strip 15 and secured to the sash portion 4 is a rain drip strip 23 wh icb. as the name implies, prevents water and the like from dripping into the channel member.

Dining inclement weather, should rain and the l ke be blown in through weep holes 14, it will strike rib 13 which acts as a batlle plate, thereby killin a great amount of the energy of such rain and the like. The weep holes 11 being staggered with respect to the weep holes 14-. the objectionable matter must follow a circuitous route in order to reach the upper side of the weblO. This sinuous passage results in a further diminutionof the energy of the rain and the like 'so that by the time reaches the upper side of the web 10, ii it ever does, its energy of motion is practically entirely spent and there is no tendency for it to pass on between the bottom of sash portion 4 and the top of flange 9 to enter the house.

The channel member extends entirely under the sash and will therefore catch any water that comes down through the jOints of the sash whether due to faulty puttying of the glass or other causes, and the Water will pass out through the weep holes.

The channel member, strips, and fastening means for said channel member and strips may be made of rustproof material such as zinc, bronze, or the like.

The trough or channel member 10 is provided with a plurality of holes 2& through which fastening screws 6 pass.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent oi the United States, is

1. In a protective device for French win- I (lows and the like, a trough member adapted to be disposed between the bottom of arwin- (low casement-and the bot-tom of a window sash, said trough member being provided with upper and lower-channels separated by a pal; tition, means providing communication from the troughs'to the weather side of said member. and a rib extending downwardly from said partition to thereby act as a battle plate for rain and the like from the outside.

2. In weather stripping of the class described. a member adapted for attachment to a sill, said member havingmeans adapted to be embedded into the sill when the member is attached in place, whereby entry of rain, wind and the like beyond said means is prevented.

3. In weather stripping of the class described, a channel member having spaced flanges adapted to engagea sill, the weather flange and the web of the channel member having weep holes, and the other flange being imperforate and having at its base means adapted to be embedded in the sill when the channel member is attached thereto, whereby entry of wind, rain. and the like beyond said means is prevented.

4. In weather stripping of the class described. a channel member adapted to be attached to a sill. and means providing a drain from the upper surface of the web to the outside through the weather flange of said memlltly VtBl) preventing entry of wind. rain, and the like to said surface from said flange.

5. In weather stripping of the class described. a channel member adapted to be attached to a sill, and means providing a drain from the upper surface of the web'to the outside through the weather flange of said member. yet preventing entry of wind, rain, and the like to said surface from said flange, the inner flange having means adapted to interlock with the sill to prevent passage of wind and the like therebetween and maintain the member in firm engagement with the sill.

6. In weather stripping of the class described, a chaimelmember having upper and lower troughs separated by a substantially horizontal web, and a rib depending from the web and dividing the lower trough into a Weather compartment and a substantially air and water tight inner compartment when attached, to prevent passage of rain and the like therebeyond. I

7. In weather stripping of the class described, a channel member having upper and lower troughs separated by a substantially horizontal web, and a rib depending from the web and dividing the lower trough into a weather compartment and a substantially air and water tight inner compartment when attached, to prevent passage of rain and the like therebeyond, said web having a weep hole at its weather side, and the weather side of the lower trough having a weep hole, thereby establishing communication from the upper trough through the weather compartment, to the outside.

8. In weatherstripping of the class described, a sill, a window sash, a channel member on the sill and havin means adapted to be embedded therein, means for maintaining the latter in tight engagement with the sill, the outer flange of said member having an inwardly projecting lip,a hook on the sash detachably receiving said lip, and instrumentalities for conducting said rain to the outside, said member having an element for preventing access of rain and the like from the outside to the inner flange. I

9. In weather stripping of the class described, a channel member providing upper and lower troughs having a common bottom, the weather side of the lower trough having spaced weep holes, and the adjacent edge of said bottom having'holes in staggered relation to the first named holes, whereby to provide for drainage of water while preventing entry of rain, wind, and the like to the upper trough from said weather side.

ELMER D. BARRIYNGER.

10. In a device of the class described, a- M member adapted to be supported by a sill and having an inverted trough provided with compartments separated by a partition, and means for preventing water contacting the sill below one of said compartments. 7

l I. In a device of the class described, a

member adapted to be supported by a sill and having an inverted trough provided with compartments separated by a partition, means for preventing water coi'itacting the sill below one of said compartments, and means for clamping said member toa sill, said means being located between said partition and one of the trough walls, whereby said partition 7 serves to support the member on a sill of less width than the trough.

12. In weather stripping of the class de- 

